2011 First Circuit US Court of Appeals Case Law

Opinions 1 - 500 of 564

United States v. Brake  
Date: December 30, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1215

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant entered a conditional plea of guilty to a charge of possession with an intent to distribute a controlled substance (21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1)) and appealed denial of a motion to suppress. The First Circuit affirmed.…

Butler v. O'Brien
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1235
United States v. Huete-Sandoval  
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1413

Justia Opinion Summary: In May 2009, defendant was charged with making false statements in a passport application, falsely representing that he was a U.S. citizen, and aggravated identity theft, 18 U.S.C. 1542, 911, 1028A. In August he filed a…

Collins v. UNH, et al
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2316
Recinos v. Holder, Jr.
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2333
US v. Chorney
Date: December 29, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1310
United States v. Vazquez-Rivera  
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1930

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of possession of child pornography (18 U.S.C. 2253 (a)(4)(B)), three counts of transportation of child pornography via computer in interstate or foreign commerce (18 U.S.C. 2252(a)(1)), and two…

US v. William Vazquez-Rivera
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1968
Puerto Rico Telephone Company v. Telecommunications Regulatory, et al
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1983
Worldnet Telecommunications v. Puerto Rico Telephone Company, et al
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2028
United States v. Guerrier  
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2315

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a drug dealer who, with another, robbed a crack dealer at gun point, was convicted under the Hobbs Act, which makes it a crime to rob or conspire to rob "in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects"…

Gomez-Perez v. John Potter, et al
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2348
Angel Feliciano-Hernandez v. Miguel Pereira-Castillo, et al
Date: December 22, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1052
United States v. Rivera-Martinez  
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1766

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2000 defendant entered a "C-type" plea of guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of crack cocaine, 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), 846. The agreement bound the court to a sentence of…

Maher v. Massachusetts General Hospital
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1321
United States v. Trinh  
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1556

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of conspiring to distribute and possess, with intent to distribute, 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana; money laundering; engaging in unlawful monetary transactions; and perjury. The First…

Collins v. Univ. of NH  
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2316

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a tenured professor at the University-defendant, was arrested by campus police and charged with stalking and disorderly conduct after unleashing an expletive-filled tirade against a colleague whom he suspected…

Mercado-Salinasl v. Bart Enter. Int'l, Ltd.  
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2359

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1995, plaintiff, a popular psychic and astrologer, and defendant entered into a contract for production and distribution of materials featuring plaintiff's psychic and astrological services. Plaintiff granted…

Air Sunshine, Inc., et al v. Carl, et al
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1088
Bergemann v. RI Dep't of Envtl Mgmt.  
Date: December 20, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1407

Justia Opinion Summary: State environmental police officers brought state court litigation against their employer, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, based on the DEM's handling of wage and benefit matters, relating to…

United States v. Davila-Felix  
Date: December 13, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2495

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, having participated in a string of robberies, was convicted of using force and intimidation to rob a bank insured by the FDIC (18 U.S.C. 2113(a), (d)), and knowingly brandishing a firearm during a crime of…

United States v. Rodriguez-Rodriguez  
Date: December 13, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2549

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of using an interstate commerce facility or means in attempting to persuade a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity (18 U.S.C. 2422(b)). The First Circuit affirmed, rejecting a claim that the…

Colon-Rivera, et al v. Asociacion de Suscripcion
Date: December 13, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1148
Romer v. Holder  
Date: December 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2112

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a citizen of Ukraine, now married to a U.S. citizen, entered the U.S. on a visitor's visa in 1999 and overstayed. An IJ granted voluntary departure by March 8, 2006. A motion to reopen was denied. Petitioner,…

United States v. Mitchell-Hunter  
Date: December 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2203

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was apprehended on a boat in the Caribbean by a Coast Guard counter-narcotics patrol and charged under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, 46 U.S.C. 70501-70508. The boat, carrying cocaine, did not display a…

Butler v. O'Brien  
Date: December 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1235

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2002 defendant was convicted under the Massachusetts aggravated rape statute, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 265, 22(a). He exhausted state appeals. The district court denied a petition for habeas corpus. The First Circuit…

United States v. Ramos-Gonzalez  
Date: December 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1318

Justia Opinion Summary: After attempting to stop defendant for driving with illegal tinted windows, police gave chase and stopped his truck. Inspecting the interior of the abandoned truck, police found two wrapped blocks of what was later found…

Puerto Rico Telephone Company v. Telecommunications Regulatory, et al
Date: December 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1983
Worldnet Telecomm., Inc. v. PR Tel. Co., Inc.  
Date: December 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2028

Justia Opinion Summary: After several failed attempts to establish a voluntary interconnection agreement, the two telecommunications companies went into arbitration with defendant, the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico.…

United States v. Clogston  
Date: December 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2244

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to possession of child pornography, 18 U.S.C. 2252A(a)(5)(B). Calculation of his criminal history, with upward adjustments because of use of a computer, the number of images, images depicting…

Feliciano-Hernandez v. Pereira-Castillo  
Date: December 9, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1052

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1981 defendant, a habitual sex offender, was sentenced to a term of perpetual imprisonment for rehabilitation, to last a minimum of 12 years. He was not released from prison until 2008. The district court dismissed…

Maher v. MA Gen. Hosp.  
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1321

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an RN, stopped working at the hospital and went on disability only a few months after starting work. Her symptoms were attributed to chronic pancreatitis, chronic pain syndrome or fibromyalgia; she took…

US v. Ortiz-Garcia
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2323
United States v. Rodriguez-Adorno  
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1050

Justia Opinion Summary: Following a carjacking that resulted in a shooting death, defendant executed a plea agreement without having been informed that the maximum penalty for the crime was life imprisonment. He ultimately received a sentence…

Ware v. Dickhaut
Date: December 7, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1149
McKenzie-Francisco v. Holder  
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2013

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1999 petitioner, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, entered the U.S. without inspection. He married a U.S. citizen in 2001 and obtained conditional resident status 8 U.S.C. 1186a(a)(1). The marriage ended in 2004.…

United States v. Pontoo  
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2455

Justia Opinion Summary: A few hours after a domestic disturbance, Austin was spotted trying to get into his former girlfriend's apartment and given disorderly conduct and criminal trespass warnings. He was later spotted, visibly agitated, in a…

Gladys Garcia-Rubiera v. Luis Fortuno
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2507
Hajdari v. Holder.  
Date: December 5, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1145

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a citizen of Albania, entered the U.S. illegally, on a fraudulent Italian passport, in 2004. Arrested at the airport, he sought asylum. The IJ, BIA, and First Circuit rejected his petitions. While appeal was…

Solis-Alarcon, et al v. US, et al
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2406
US v. Camacho
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2415
Lluberes v. Uncommon Prod., LLC  
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2082

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a film company, released a documentary, "The Price of Sugar," in 2007 that depicts treatment of Haitian laborers at sugar plantations in the Dominican Republic. The film mentions plaintiffs, senior executives…

King v. MacEachern  
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2095

Justia Opinion Summary: Convicted of armed robbery of a convenience store, assault and battery, and intimidation of a witness, petitioner was sentenced to five to six years. His habeas corpus petition was denied in the district court. The First…

Garcia-Rubiera v. Fortuno  
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2507

Justia Opinion Summary: Puerto Rico requires all motor vehicle owners to pay for compulsory, state-issued auto insurance when they purchase or renew their vehicle registrations, even if they have obtained equivalent private insurance, with…

Air Sunshine, Inc.v. Carl  
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1088

Justia Opinion Summary: The airline sued federal employees, including an FAA principal maintenance inspector, claiming that intentional and improper delays with respect to inspections and certifications substantially destroyed its business. The…

RI Hospitality Ass'nl v. City of Providence  
Date: December 2, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1415

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs brought a pre-enforcement declaratory judgment challenge to an ordinance requiring that, when there is a change in the identity of a hospitality employer, that employer must retain its predecessor's employees,…

United States v. Pelletier  
Date: December 1, 2011
Docket Number: 08-1167

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was sentenced to life in prison after conviction for his role in importing and distributing marijuana. The First Circuit affirmed. Defense counsel's cross examination of government witnesses opened the door to…

US v. Fogg
Date: December 1, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1094
US v. Fogg
Date: December 1, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1132
US v. Pascucci
Date: December 1, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1017
US v. Fogg
Date: December 1, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1094
United States v. Fogg  
Date: December 1, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1132

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and of social security fraud. The district court did not impose a forfeiture order based on a finding of inability to pay. The First…

Villanueva v. United States  
Date: November 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2431

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was employed as a custodial worker at a Coast Guard Air Station in Puerto Rico for four and one half years before being fired for allegedly pilfering various items. He filed suit against the federal government…

Hines v. State Room Inc.  
Date: November 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2298

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, former sales managers at defendant's banquet facilities, sought overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. 201-219 and state statutes.The district court entered summary judgment, finding…

Solis-Alarcon,v. United States  
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2406

Justia Opinion Summary: DEA agents and local police went to a residence with a warrant to arrest a drug dealer, but no warrant to search. When the owner opened the door, they entered and spent 15-20 minutes questioning the owner's wife and…

United States v. Camacho  
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2415

Justia Opinion Summary: After a gang fight, officers followed and stopped defendant by blocking his path. They did not recognize defendant or have reason to believe he was involved in gang activity. Based on his hand motions, as if he were…

United States v. Walker  
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1092

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, convicted of interstate stalking, cyberstalking, and mailing a threatening communication (18 U.S.C. 2261A(1)-(2), 876(c)), based on communications with his estranged wife and minor child, was sentenced to 137…

Soto-Rios v. Banco Popular de Puerto Rico  
Date: November 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2270

Justia Opinion Summary: Mortgage deeds executed by the debtors three years earlier were still pending recordation when they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Debtors sought to avoid the mortgages and to prevent any post-petition actions that…

Bucci v. US
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2468
Jordan v. US
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2493
United States v. Zorrilla-Echevarria  
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1459

Justia Opinion Summary: After customs officials discovered $543,801 concealed in doors defendant was transporting on a ferry between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, he was charged under 31 U.S.C. 5316(a)(1)(A) & (b); 5322(a); and 5332.…

Barry v. Moran  
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1607

Justia Opinion Summary: Employees of the fire department filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging cronysim and nepotism in employment decisions. The district court granted summary judgment for the department, finding that nothing linked the…

United States v. Paneto  
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2412

Justia Opinion Summary: Officers visited defendant's apartment after setting up a drug buy. Defendant invited them in. Officers spotted a "bait" bill, previously marked and given to the buyer as part of the set up, on a table. Defendant signed…

Eldredge v. Falmouth, MA  
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1151

Justia Opinion Summary: Police, responding to a 911 call, stopped plaintiff, a pedestrian. While he was standing near the cruiser, it was struck from behind by a second cruiser. Plaintiff, injured in the collision, filed suit under 42 U.S.C.…

Nardi v. Pepe  
Date: November 22, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1247

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder for killing his mother. The district court denied a petition for habeas corpus. The First Circuit affirmed. Admission of expert testimony at trial, based on the expert's…

US v. Dunbar
Date: November 18, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1693
United States v. Kelly  
Date: November 18, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2607

Justia Opinion Summary: In May 2006, defendant was charged in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine, with identity theft and aggravated identity theft (18 U.S.C. 1028(a)(7) and 1028A(a)(1)). A warrant issued, but was not executed,…

Avery v. Hughes  
Date: November 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2379

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant failed to close on a real estate contract. The seller retained his $25,000 earnest money, resold the property, and assigned his claim for the $400,000 price differential to plaintiff. The district court…

D.B. Zwirn Special Opportunities Fund, L.P. v. Mehrotra  
Date: November 18, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1172

Justia Opinion Summary: A business entity sued an investment fund manager for fraud in Massachusetts state court. Defendant removed to federal court, which dismissed based on the statute of limitations. On appeal, the Sixth Circuit noted that…

Bucci v. US
Date: November 16, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2468
Jordan v. US
Date: November 16, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2493
US v. Armenteros-Chervoni
Date: November 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1611
United States v. Romero-Lopez  
Date: November 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1775

Justia Opinion Summary: On Monday afternoon, a sentencing hearing scheduled for Wednesday afternoon was rescheduled to Wednesday morning. The court sent electronic notice; prior notices and filings had been electronic. The attorney failed to…

Blaser v. IUE Local 201  
Date: November 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2488

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought suit under the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. 185, claiming that her employer violated the collective bargaining agreement when it reclassified a position for which she was hired, resulting…

Tzunux v. Holder
Date: November 10, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1471
Carreras v. PMG Collins LLC  
Date: November 10, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2329

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005, plaintiffs, residents of Puerto Rico, contracted with defendants, Florida corporations, to purchase condominiums to be built in Florida, and submitted earnest money. Because of the financial crisis, the units…

Sicaju-Diaz v. Holder  
Date: November 10, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2390

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1991, petitioner, a citizen of Guatemala, was taken into custody by immigration officials while crossing the Rio Grande. He applied for asylum, but did not appear at a hearing. A deportation order issued. In 2001…

Farris v. Shinseki  
Date: November 10, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1080

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an employee of the VA, was accused of committing fraud with respect to a work-related injury. Her employment was terminated. When mediation failed, plaintiff was notified that she had 15 days to file a…

Field v. Napolitano  
Date: November 10, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1339

Justia Opinion Summary: A TSA worker developed a diabetic ulcer on his foot, was unable to work, and, after missing several months of work, was terminated from his position. The district court dismissed claims under the Aviation and…

PR Tel. Co., Inc. v. Sprintcom, Inc.  
Date: November 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1609

Justia Opinion Summary: PRTC, telecommunications local exchange carrier under the jurisdiction of the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Puerto Rico and the FCC, entered into an interconnection agreement with Sprint. In a dispute concerning…

United States v. Bernier  
Date: November 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1637

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), 846. The district court, relying on trial testimony and the PSI Report, attributed 26 kilograms of marijuana to…

United States v. Fields  
Date: November 2, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1108

Justia Opinion Summary: Convicted of distribution of cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1)(2006), totaling five or more grams, within 1000 feet of a school, 21 U.S.C. 860, defendant was sentenced, as a career offender, to 216 months in prison. The…

United States v. Kasenge  
Date: November 2, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1896

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a lawful permanent resident of the U.S. shared a home. When his housemate's visa expired and he was unable to obtain work, defendant allowed the housemate, for a nominal fee, the use of his driver's license…

United States v. Ozuna-Cabrera  
Date: November 2, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2174

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant purchased an expired passport and a social security card and attempted to use them to obtain a passport with his picture. He entered a plea of guilty to two counts of making false statements in a passport…

US v. Berk
Date: November 2, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2472
Matos-Santana v. Holder  
Date: November 2, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2373

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, entered the U.S. in 1982 and became a lawful permanent resident. About 10 years later he pled guilty to armed robbery. Later he pled guilty to auto-stripping. Upon his…

Silva v. City of New Bedford, MA  
Date: November 1, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1013

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit in 2007 against the two officers who arrested her during a nightclub incident. The district court denied her motion to amend her complaint to add the City of New Bedford as a defendant. She did not…

In re Grand Jury Subpoena (Mr. S.)  
Date: November 1, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2048

Justia Opinion Summary: A federal grand jury issued a subpoena to a law office, commanding production of documents relating to a real estate transaction. The attorney obtained the client's consent and complied. The client changed his mind,…

Welch Foods, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance, et al
Date: November 1, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2261
Donarumo v. Furlong  
Date: November 1, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1364

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005 the debtor business purchased a business and signed a promissory note. The business failed, allegedly because the seller continued to compete, in violation of the contract. The debtor listed a breach of contract…

Furlong, et al v. Donarumo, et al
Date: November 1, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1386
United States v. Salva-Morales  
Date: October 31, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1455

Justia Opinion Summary: After agents traced an Internet site containing child pornography to a computer shop, they obtained a warrant and searched hard drives of the owner's personal computers, where they found files containing pornography. The…

Carroll v. United States  
Date: October 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1152

Justia Opinion Summary: A child was seriously injured when she was hit in the head by an object thrown by a lawnmower being operated at the federal building adjoining her childcare center. Separate entities provided child care and lawn…

VT Mut.Ins. Co. v. Maguire  
Date: October 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1542

Justia Opinion Summary: During a fight in a bar, the insured hit an individual with a glass mug, resulting in emergency surgery and permanent scars. The parties negotiated a settlement of civil liability that included the injured party's…

Harron v. Town of Franklin  
Date: October 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1800

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff obtained a lease and permits and renovated a space for a tavern, but was unable to obtain transfer of the previous operator's liquor license or a new license. He began to sell liquor without a license. A…

Gonzalez-Ruano v. Holder  
Date: October 31, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1138

Justia Opinion Summary: A citizen of Guatemala unlawfully entered the U.S. in 1989. In 1997 he was convicted, in Massachusetts, of willful and malicious destruction of property and two counts of assault and battery. The convictions were the…

McLaughlin v. Astrue
Date: October 27, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1140
Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. U.S. Postal Serv.  
Date: October 27, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1225

Justia Opinion Summary: The union that represents postal workers raised concerns that newly hired non-veteran employees had begun work earlier, and thus received higher seniority rankings, than veteran employees, despite the fact that the…

United States v. Dunbar  
Date: October 26, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1693

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant robbed a federally-insured bank and, while escaping in a stolen car, crashed head-on into a car driven by a teen-aged girl. In state court he was convicted of resisting arrest, receiving a stolen vehicle,…

Gay v. Stonebridge Life Ins. Co.  
Date: October 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1559

Justia Opinion Summary: Hospital records state that decedent died of a nonsurvivable head injury following an accidental fall at a casino. An insurer refused to pay, claiming that the fall was likely caused by a stroke, so that death was not…

Ortega Candelaria v. Orthobiologics, LLC  
Date: October 25, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2305

Justia Opinion Summary: A employee made a series of attempts to obtain benefits under the company's long-term disability policy. A copy of the plan, which he obtained during internal appeals, contained no limitation on filing suit to challenge…

Redondo Constr. Corp. v. Izquierdo  
Date: October 25, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2565

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1999 plaintiff pled guilty to making false statements while working on a project funded by the Federal Highway Administration (18 U.S.C. 2, 1014, and 1020). The agreement prohibited plaintiff from participating in any…

United States v. Neto  
Date: October 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1651

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2006 defendant was convicted of various immigration crimes, including harboring five illegal aliens from Brazil (8 U.S.C. 1324), and sentenced to five years in prison. After the trial, but before sentencing, he was…

Stanciu v. Holder  
Date: October 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2165

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a native of Romania, entered the U.S. legally with a visa that allowed him to work as a driver for a particular company. He conceded removability after an inspection revealed that he had switched companies…

US v. Harri
Date: October 24, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2009
Welch Foods, Inc. v. Nat'l Union Fire Ins.Co. of Pittsburgh  
Date: October 24, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2261

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, sued by a competitor and by consumers for unfair trade practices, false and misleading advertising, and deceptive labeling, among other claims, sought indemnity and defense costs from its insurer. The insurer…

US v. Pleau
Date: October 24, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1775
In Re: Pleau
Date: October 24, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1782
Ramos-Echevarria v. Pichis, Inc.  
Date: October 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1522

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, who suffers epilepsy, began working as a part-time kitchen assistant in 1999. His episodes would cause him to leave work three to six times each year, but generally he just stepped back and resumed work after…

Fidelity International v. US
Date: October 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2421
Fidelity Int'l Currency Advisor A Fund, LLC v. United States  
Date: October 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2425

Justia Opinion Summary: Taxpayer, the founder of EMC, a manufacturer of computer storage devices received non-qualified options to acquire EMC stock. When he exercised those options in 2001, they generated $162 million of ordinary income; it…

Velazquez-Rodriguez v. Municipality of San Juan  
Date: October 20, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1769

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a former municipal employee, claimed that he was harassed and terminated for political reasons. The district court dismissed his suit, alleging various claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983. The First Circuit affirmed…

PowerComm, LLC v. Holyoke Gas & Electric, et al
Date: October 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2327
PowerComm, LLC v. Holyoke Gas & Electric, et al
Date: October 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2327
In Re: Hannaford Bros Co. Cust  
Date: October 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2384

Justia Opinion Summary: Hackers breached the security of the database for the grocery store where plaintiffs shop. The district court determined that plaintiffs failed to state a claim under Maine law for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of…

Redondo Waste Sys., Inc.v. Lopez-Freytes  
Date: October 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1865

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, engaged in treatment and disposal of regulated biomedical waste, had trouble with its shredder and obtained approval from the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board to use autoclaves. After a few years, an…

United States v. Stergio  
Date: October 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2293

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was prohibited from possessing a computer or accessing the internet while on home confinement, after being released from prison following a 2005 plea of guilty to wire, mail, and bank fraud. He nonetheless used…

Spencer v. Roche  
Date: October 18, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1146

Justia Opinion Summary: Police arrested plaintiff for driving without license. A confidential informant, who had provided reliable information in the past, told police that plaintiff had inserted a package of crack cocaine into his anal cavity…

Bonefont-Igaravidez v. Int'l Shipping Corp.  
Date: October 14, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1953

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff worked for defendant, primarily as a stevedore, for 57 years. In 2006-2007, he missed several months of work due to physical ailments and received disability benefits. Plaintiff claims that when he returned to…

United States v. Harris  
Date: October 14, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2009

Justia Opinion Summary: Based on his participation in an armed robbery of a supermarket, defendant was convicted on counts of robbery, use of a firearm, possession of a stolen firearm, and as a felon in possession. The First Circuit affirmed,…

Bucci v. United States  
Date: October 13, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2468

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants, jointly tried and convicted of drug-related crimes, unsuccessfully petitioned for habeas corpus (18 U.S.C. 2255). The First Circuit affirmed with respect to one defendant and vacated with respect to the…

Jordan v. US
Date: October 13, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2493
United States v. Rodriguez  
Date: October 13, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1891

Justia Opinion Summary: Police arrested defendant while executing a search warrant at his apartment. They recovered five firearms, 398 rounds of ammunition, firearms-related items (rifle scope, rifle case, and holsters), 29.4 grams of…

US v. Pleau
Date: October 13, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1775
In Re: Pleau  
Date: October 13, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1782

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2010 defendant, then serving a sentence in Rhode Island state prison for parole and probation violations, was charged with a 2000 armed robbery and murder of a gas station manager (18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1)(A); 924(j)(1)…

US v. Rogers
Date: October 12, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2405
Colon-Fontanez v. Municipality of San Juan  
Date: October 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1026

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a municipal employee since 1989, was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2005. She claimed of disability discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. 12101 and the…

United States v. Garcia-Hernandez  
Date: October 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2146

Justia Opinion Summary: Investigation of a massive drug-trafficking operation led to apprehension of Ramirez, who admitted that he and defendant were partners in a franchise of the larger drug-trafficking ring. Defendant's residence was…

Goncalves v. Plymouth County Sheriff's Dept.  
Date: October 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2063

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a 49-year-old Cape Verdean female who self-identifies as black, began working for defendant as a Budget Administrator in 2001. Between 2004 and 2008, she applied for, and was denied, promotion to four…

Rosciti v. Ins. Co. of the State of PA  
Date: October 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2087

Justia Opinion Summary: Purchasers of a motor home claim that defects resulted in leakage, which caused mold growth, rendering the home uninhabitable and causing health problems. The manufacturer, which was self-insured on claims up to…

Donahue, et al v. FBI, et al
Date: October 6, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1950
The Estate of Edward Brian Hal v. US, et al
Date: October 6, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1951
The Estate of Edward Brian Hal v. US, et al
Date: October 6, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1952
Donahue, et al v. United States, et al
Date: October 6, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1766
Osorio v. One World Techs., Inc.  
Date: October 5, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1824

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff suffered a hand injury while operating a hand saw manufactured by defendant, while working at a construction site. A jury awarded plaintiff $1.5 and, although it found plaintiff to be 35 percent at fault, the…

Sony BMG Music Entertainment, et al v. Tenenbaum
Date: October 5, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1883
Sony BMG Music Entertainment, et al v. Joel Tenenbaum
Date: October 5, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1947
United States, et al v. Tenenbaum
Date: October 5, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2052
United States v. Rogers  
Date: October 4, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2405

Justia Opinion Summary: The buyer of a personal computer found child pornography on the hard drive and contacted authorities. The seller, a non-commissioned Naval officer, was ordered to return to his home, where police were questioning his…

CQ Int'l Co., Inc. v. Rochem Int'l, Inc., USA  
Date: October 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1838

Justia Opinion Summary: The companies are direct competitors in importing and distributing pharmaceutical ingredients manufactured in China. Plaintiff claimed that defendant intentionally interfered with one of its contracts and sought damages.…

Davis, et al v. Travelers Property Casualty
Date: October 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2023
Bhatti v. Trustees of Boston Univ.  
Date: October 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2342

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a dental hygienist at defendant's dental health center for more than 10 years, claimed that supervisors subjected her to unpaid work hours because she is black and then to selective discipline and other…

Rodriguez-Sanchez v. Municipality of Santa Isabel  
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2635

Justia Opinion Summary: After an election, in which the political party that had been in power in the municipality for eight years lost power, the new mayor hired a consultant to evaluate the budget. In response to the report, which indicated…

United States v. Collazo-Castro  
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1760

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to smuggle illegal aliens into the U.S. (8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1)(A)(i), (v)(I) and was sentenced to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, followed by three years supervised…

Asociación de Suscripción Conjunta del Seguro de Responsabilidad Obligatorio v. Juarbe-Jimenez  
Date: September 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2167

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1995 Puerto Rico enacted a law mandating minimum liability insurance for drivers and created the Asociación de Suscripción Conjunta del Seguro de Responsabilidad Obligatorio to provide compulsory liability insurance…

Duran-Lopez v. Stiefel Laboratorie
Date: September 27, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1565
United States v. Mitrano  
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2482

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, a patent attorney and licensed engineer, the divorced father of children born in 1985, 1986, and 1991, was ordered in 2002 to pay weekly child support of $1,406 per week plus $300 per week toward past medical…

United States v. Torres-Rosario  
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1155

Justia Opinion Summary: Officers executed a search warrant at defendant's residence and found a loaded firearm, defendant's identification, five bags of heroin, a bag of cocaine, $500 in cash, a razor blade, and empty baggies. In custody, he…

Barrepski, et al v. Capital One Bank, et al
Date: September 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2249
United States v. Hersom  
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1555

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant entered a guilty plea to arson of a building owned by an organization receiving federal financial assistance, 18 U.S.C. 844(f). After a prior appeal led to remand for resentencing, defendant appealed the…

Velazquez-Ortiz v. Vilsack  
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1787

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, an employee of the USDA since 1977, claimed discrimination based on age and gender and retaliation for having complained about discrimination in the past. The district court entered summary judgment against…

Portugues-Santana v. Rekomdiv Int'l, Inc.,  
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2018

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff wished to open a franchise in Puerto Rico and sought assistance from defendants, who asserted that it was a "done deal" and accepted a $400,000 retainer, a $100,000 business brokers' fee, and another $125,000…

Zimmermann v. Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.  
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2174

Justia Opinion Summary: A class action was brought against companies engaged in credit repair and debt consolidation, alleging a scheme to defraud debtors in violation of the federal Credit Repair Organizations Act, 15 U.S.C. 1679, and the…

Zimmermann, et al v. BDO Seidman, LLP, et al
Date: September 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2275
US v. Luna
Date: September 19, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2263
Haley v. City of Boston  
Date: September 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2064

Justia Opinion Summary: After discovery of previously-undisclosed evidence, plaintiff's murder conviction was vacated and he was released after more than 30 years in prison. His suit for damages, against the city and detectives, was dismissed.…

The Capability Group, Inc. v. American Express Travel
Date: September 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1305
The Capability Group, Inc. v. American Express Travel
Date: September 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2432
Gonzalez-Droz v. Gonzalez-Colon  
Date: September 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1881

Justia Opinion Summary: Until 2005, when the Puerto Rico Board of Medical Examiners promulgated a first-in-the-nation regulation that limited the practice of cosmetic medicine to particular classes of medical specialists, all licensed…

Sony BMG Music Entertainment, et al v. Tenenbaum
Date: September 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1883
Sony BMG Music Entertainment, et al v. Joel Tenenbaum
Date: September 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1947
United Statesl v. Tenenbaum  
Date: September 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2052

Justia Opinion Summary: Recording companies sought statutory damages and injunctive relief under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 101, claiming willful infringement of copyrights of music recordings by using file-sharing software to download and…

Coscia v. Town Of Pembroke  
Date: September 14, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1714

Justia Opinion Summary: The district court declined to enter judgment on on the pleadings, in favor of defendants, in a case under 42 U.S.C. 1983. The complaint alleged that defendants failed to provide medical services to an inmate, who had…

Airframe Systems, Inc. v. Raytheon Company, et al
Date: September 14, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2001
Airframe Sys., Inc. v. L-3 Commc'n Corp.  
Date: September 14, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1169

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1979, plaintiff began developing proprietary aircraft maintenance tracking software; it has continually modified the source code for the software. Source code is the original version of a computer program that is…

Airframe Systems, Inc. v. L-3 Communication
Date: September 14, 2011
Docket Number: 11-2034
PowerComm, LLC v. Holyoke Gas & Electric, et al  
Date: September 14, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2327

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a small, family-owned firm, with Puerto Rican owners, does construction and related work on electrical utility lines, and had contracts with defendant. Plaintiff's employee was severely electrocuted and burned…

United States v. Garcia-Ortiz  
Date: September 12, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2325

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2000 defendant and others robbed a warehouse. In an ensuing gunfight, one robber was killed and defendant was wounded. Defendant was convicted of Hobbs Act robbery, 18 U.S.C. 1951(a); aiding and abetting unlawful…

OfficeMax, Inc. v. Levesque  
Date: September 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2423

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1996, when their company (LS&H) was bought out, defendants signed confidentiality and non-competition agreements for a term of "12 months after termination of my employment with LS&H;" each was paid $2,500 for signing…

The Capability Group, Inc. v. American Express Travel
Date: September 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1305
Capability Grp., Inc. v. Am. Express Travel Related Svcs. Co., Inc.  
Date: September 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2432

Justia Opinion Summary: A company that provides employee training filed suit against a client, claiming breach of contract based both on alleged failure to pay a gain sharing fee and breach of confidentiality provisions.It sought an accounting…

Fryer v. A.S.A.P. Fire & Safety Corp., Inc.  
Date: September 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2047

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a sales representative for the company and member of the National Guard was deployed to Iraq. When he returned, the company told him there were no positions available. The company eventually offered, and…

Fryer v. A.S.A.P. Fire and Safety Corpo, et al
Date: September 9, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1021
Mendes v. Brady  
Date: September 8, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2021

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was prosecuted and convicted 13 years after the murder of his wife. The evidence suggested that the motive was to obtain control of a small inheritance for drugs and prostitutes. The highest court of…

US v. Mubayyid
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number: 08-1846
US v. Al-Monla
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number: 08-2102
US v. Muntasser
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number: 08-1985
United States v. Muntasser  
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number: 08-1986

Justia Opinion Summary: Three defendants were charged with conspiring to defraud the U.S. by obstructing the functions of the IRS, endeavoring to obstruct administration of the Internal Revenue laws, filing false tax returns, making false…

US v. Mubayyid
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number: 08-2103
US v. Muntasser
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1094
Wright v. Marshall  
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2665

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of a 1984 Massachusetts murder, exhausted state appeals. After hearing new evidence that, according to a witness, another man had made self-incriminating about the murder, the district court denied…

Sterling Merch., Inc. v. Nestle SA  
Date: September 1, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1925

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff alleged antitrust violations of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. 12-27, and Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1-7, and violations of Puerto Rico law based on defendants' merger and later activities. Plaintiff has been a…

US v. Butler-Acevedo
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2623
United States v. Butler-Acevedo  
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2624

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2000 defendant entered a plea of guilty to two drug-related conspiracies and the court imposed concurrent 10-year sentences, followed by five years of supervised release. Approximately 14 months after his release, the…

Coffill v. Coffill  
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1976

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, who signed documents presented by her husband without reading them, sought damages and to rescind two mortgages ostensibly encumbering titles to her residence in Massachusetts and a retreat in Maine. Her…

In re American Cartage, Inc.  
Date: August 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2284

Justia Opinion Summary: Debtor, a waste disposal firm, borrowed from FFC, giving FFC a security interest before filing a Chapter 11 petition in 2003. In 2005 a trustee, appointed to run the business, moved to convert to a Chapter 7 proceeding…

US v. D'Andrea
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 08-2455
US v. Jordan
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1018
US v. Shields
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1330
Delia v. Verizon Communications, Inc., et al
Date: August 30, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2667
Tuli v. Brigham & Women's Hosp.  
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 08-2026

Justia Opinion Summary: A neurosurgeon sued her employer, a hospital, and her former supervisor, Day, alleging gender discrimination by disparate treatment and hostile environment; retaliation; violation of the Massachusetts Health Care…

Tuli v. Day
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1603
Tuli v. Brigham & Women's Hospital, In, et al
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1597
Tuli v. Brigham & Women's Hospital, In, et al
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1731
Curet-Velazquez v. ACEMLA De Puerto Rico, Inc.  
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1587

Justia Opinion Summary: The heirs of a composer, who died in 2003, sued a music publisher and a performance rights society, with which the composer had contracted in 1995 with respect to four songs. The defendants failed to supply royalty…

Hatch v. Trail King Indus., Inc.  
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2153

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, left paralyzed from the chest down after an accident at work, sued the company that built a specialized trailer for his employer. A jury rejected negligence and implied warranty of merchantability claims. The…

Nolan v. CN8  
Date: August 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2239

Justia Opinion Summary: A regional television personality was discharged from his employment with Comcast Network after he publicly protested the selection of political commentator Bill O'Reilly for a prestigious broadcasting award. He filed a…

Perez-Cordero v. Wal-Mart PR, Inc.  
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2317

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, hired in 1998, filed suit alleging sexual harassment (42 U.S.C. 2000e and the Puerto Rico Anti-Discrimination Act, P.R. Laws tit. 29, 146) by his supervisor in 2001. The case languished for several years…

Donald v. Spencer  
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1304

Justia Opinion Summary: In April 1999, a Massachusetts jury convicted petitioner of rape, kidnapping, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and carjacking. After unsuccessful attempts at post-trial relief in state court, he filed an…

Martinez-Burgos v. Guayama Corp.  
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1372

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff worked for a temporary staffing agency and, on assignment to a pharmaceutical company, was cited and reprimanded for noncompliance with company rules several times. When she applied for a permanent position…

Glik v. Cunniffe  
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1764

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was arrested for using his cell phone camera to film police officers arresting a man on the Boston Common. Charges included violation of the Massachusetts wiretap statute and two other state-law offenses, were…

EMC Corp v. Arturi  
Date: August 26, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1001

Justia Opinion Summary: The company sought a preliminary injunction against a former employee to prohibit violation of his employment agreement by competition with the company, solicitation of its customers and remaining employees, and use of…

US v. Ruiz-Gonzalez
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2622
US v. Gaston-Santiago
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1554
US v. Alindato-Perez
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1201
US v. Hernandez-Natal
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1270
US v. Moll-Melendez
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1355
US v. Vazquez-Vega
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1400
US v. Ramirez-Negron
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1524
US v. Lopez-Barral
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1525
US v. Colondres-Ramo
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1551
US v. Velazquez-Maldonado
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1552
US v. Moreno-Almodovar
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1553
US v. Cirino-Navarro
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1716
US v. Echevarria-Gonzalez
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1676
US v. Rivera-Rivera
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1817
US v. Rivera-Quinone
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2027
US v. Torres-Maldonado
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2122
US v. Quinones-Rivera
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2189
US v. Castillo-Torre
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2448
US v. Alvarado-Merced
Date: August 25, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1388
Delia v. Verizon Comms., Inc.  
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2667

Justia Opinion Summary: The district court entered summary judgment in favor of defendants on claims of sexual harassment, in violation of Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151(B) and Title VII, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-2; retaliation, in violation of Title VII,…

United States v. De Jesus-Viera  
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1365

Justia Opinion Summary: Customs and Border Patrol officers seized more than two kilograms of heroin and 96 kilograms of cocaine from defendant's vehicle during a border search conducted upon his return to Puerto Rico from the Dominican…

Santiago v. Commonwealth of PR  
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1449

Justia Opinion Summary: A six-year-old boy, with profound hearing impairment, was furnished with transportation to and from school as part of his individualized education program. The school district contracts with a private company for bus…

Dickow v. US, et al
Date: August 24, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2151
Doe v. Newburyport MA Public Sch.  
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1241

Justia Opinion Summary: The family owned property and lived in Newburyport, but enrolled their son in school in Stamford, Connecticut during the 2008-2009 school year. His mother rented an apartment in Connecticut and on weekends returned to a…

Doe, et al v. Newburyport MA Public School
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1251
Soto-Torres v. Fraticelli  
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1619

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005, federal agents executed a search warrant on the residence of a fugitive felon, thought to be dangerous. That house was near the property of plaintiff's parents. The complaint alleges that unnamed agents…

United States v. Vargas-Davila  
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1907

Justia Opinion Summary: After defendant pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute narcotics, (21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), 846), the district court sentenced him to 84 months in prison and four years of supervised release. Less than halfway through…

Dickow v. United States  
Date: August 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2151

Justia Opinion Summary: The executor paid estate taxes in October, 2003, and filed the estate tax return in September, 2004, but the IRS denied a second extension request and he did not file an amended return and refund request for overpaid…

Roman-Oliveras v. PR Elec. Power Auth.  
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1503

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff worked for the authority for 22 years while receiving treatment for schizophrenia, a condition diagnosed more than 30 years earlier. He received excellent evaluations. He claims that, beginning in 2005, his…

United States v. Santiago-Miranda  
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2276

Justia Opinion Summary: After pleading guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute significant amounts of cocaine, crack, and marijuana, defendant moved to withdraw his plea as involuntary due to his excessive consumption of…

US v. Irizarry-Corchado
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1888
Commonwealth of MA v. Amgen, Inc., et al
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1629
State of NY v. Amgen, Inc., et al
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1630
State of IL v. Amgen, Inc., et al
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1633
State of CA v. Amgen, Inc., et al
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1634
State of GA, et al v. Amgen, Inc., et al
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1635
State of IN v. Amgen, Inc., et al
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1636
State of California, et al v. Amgen, Inc, et al
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1954
State of Georgia, et al v. Amgen, Inc, et al
Date: August 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1955
Vazquez-Rijos v. Anhang  
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1928

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005 husband and wife were attacked outside a restaurant; husband died, wife was seriously injured. Six months after the attack, wife sued husband's parents, seeking part of husband's large estate. Wife was indicted…

Kindelan v. Disability Management, et al
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1620
Kaplan v. First Hartford Corp., et al
Date: August 17, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2477
United States v. Dellosantos  
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2135

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants and 16 others were charged with distribution and conspiracy to distribute controlled substances including 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and marijuana (21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), 846) and aiding and abetting.…

US v. Szpyt
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2670
Adelson v. Hananel
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2231
US v. Berk
Date: August 16, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2472
Dehonzai v. Holder, Jr.
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2071
MS Pub.Emps. Ret. Sys. v. Boston Scientific Corp.  
Date: August 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1663

Justia Opinion Summary: The Mississippi Public Employees' Retirement System filed a class action, claiming that senior management of a publicly traded manufacturer of medical devices in which it invested, withheld material information and made…

United States v. Luna  
Date: August 12, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2263

Justia Opinion Summary: After opening fire on officers attempting to arrest him, defendant was charged as a felon in possession of ammunition (18 U.S.C. 922 (g)); assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, and interfering with a…

United States v. Shields  
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1330

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant has a long history as a victim and as a perpetrator of sexual abuse and was convicted in 2002, for possession of child pornography. In 2006, a day before his scheduled release from custody, the Bureau of…

Precetaj v. Holder  
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1109

Justia Opinion Summary: Husband entered the U.S. in 2002, using a false Italian passport and wife entered on a temporary tourist visa that subsequently expired. Both are citizens of Albania. In 2003, husband applied for asylum and withholding…

National Organization For Marr v. McKee
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2000
Nat'l Org. For Marriage v. Adam  
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2049

Justia Opinion Summary: National Organization for Marriage challenged the constitutionality of Maine election laws (Me.Rev.Stat. title 21A sec. 1052) as overbroad under the First Amendment and so vague in its terms, particularly with respect to…

National Organization For Marr, et al v. Walter McKee, et al
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1196
Nat'l Org. For Marriag v. Daluz  
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2304

Justia Opinion Summary: National Organization for Marriage challenged the constitutionality of Rhode Island election laws as overbroad under the First Amendment and so vague in its terms as to violate due process. The laws govern registration…

Contour Design Inc. v. Chance Mold Steel Co.,Ltd.  
Date: August 11, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2415

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff designs, manufactures, and sells computer mice and, in 1995, contracted with defendant to manufacture the products in bulk. The agreement identifies the "Product" as inventions, designs, methods and related…

Igartua, et al v. US, et al
Date: August 4, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2186
Gonzalez v. Holder
Date: August 2, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1120
US v. Molignaro
Date: August 2, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1320
Frappier v. Countrywide Home Loan
Date: August 2, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2193
Spooner v. EEN, INC., et al
Date: August 2, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2393
United States v. Chaney  
Date: July 27, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1835

Justia Opinion Summary: During a raid of a motel room in which he was a guest, defendant was place on the floor and handcuffed in the wake of his host's arrest on drug charges. Defendant consented to a search of his pants pocket to locate…

US v. Chaney
Date: July 27, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1736
United States v. Berk  
Date: July 27, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2472

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of two counts of attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual conduct, 18 U.S.C.§ 2422(b), entered a plea of guilty to a charge of possession of child pornography, and was sentenced to 200…

Wright-Ryan Constr., Inc., v. AIG Commercial Ins. Co.  
Date: July 27, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1096

Justia Opinion Summary: The claim arose from an accident at a construction site. The company was insured under its own commercial general liability policy, issued by Acadia, and as an additional insured on a subcontractor's policy, issued by…

Haggins v. Verizon New England Inc.  
Date: July 27, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2196

Justia Opinion Summary: The company began requiring its field technicians to carry company-issued cell phones during work. The phones contain a GPS, which allows the company to monitor the locations of the technicians, who are represented by a…

US v. Rodriguez-Morales
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1021
United States v. Rodriguez-Morales  
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1022

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, charged with selling 86 social security cards and birth certificates to undercover agents, entered a plea of guilty on one count of aggravated identity theft, based on an agreement whereby the prosecution…

Recovery Group, Inc. v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue Ser.  
Date: July 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1886

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2002 one of the company's founders informed the company that he wanted the company to buy out his 23 percent stock ownership interest. The company agreed to pay $255,908 plus $400,000, the equivalent of one year's…

US v. Rosario-Colon
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1858
US v. Herrera
Date: July 25, 2011
Docket Number: 11-1003
Queens Syndicate Co. v. Herman  
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1397

Justia Opinion Summary: The district court entered an order to enforce a settlement agreement against a partner, which the partner signed after mediation of several lawsuits concerning six family-run real estate partnerships. The partner had…

Commonwealth of MA v. Amgen, Inc., et al
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1629
State of NY v. Amgen, Inc., et al
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1630
State of IL v. Amgen, Inc., et al
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1633
State of CA v. Amgen, Inc., et al
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1634
State of GA, et al v. Amgen, Inc., et al
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1635
State of IN v. Amgen, Inc., et al
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1636
State of California, et al v. Amgen, Inc, et al
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1954
State of Georgia, et al v. Amgen, Inc, et al
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1955
Evans v. Gerry  
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2133

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2001, a jury convicted defendant of reckless second-degree murder, five counts of second-degree assault, endangering the welfare of a minor, and simple assault in connection with the death of his girlfriend's…

Cahoon v. Shelton  
Date: July 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2134

Justia Opinion Summary: The city and stopped paying full reimbursement of certain medical expenses for former firefighters and police officers who had retired on disability pensions. The retirees alleged that the decision violated state…

Irizarry-Mora v. Univ. of P.R.  
Date: July 21, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2314

Justia Opinion Summary: A Ph.D., in his late 40s, twice applied for an assistant professorship at University of Puerto Rico. A 30-year-old was ultimately hired. The district court dismissed an age discrimination action (29 U.S.C. 623(a),(d)) on…

Valle-Arce v. Puerto Rico Ports Authority
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1102
Fairest-Knight v. Marine World Distrib., Inc  
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1409

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2004, defendant had the used boat inspected. Although he could not test the engine, a certified marine surveyor concluded that the boat was good for cruising around Puerto Rico and coastal waters. Plaintiff, a…

Pruell, et al v. Caritas Christi, et al
Date: July 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2262
Kuperman v. Wrenn  
Date: July 14, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2083

Justia Opinion Summary: Alleging violations of the First Amendment, Equal Protection (42 U.S.C. 1983), and Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. 2000cc, an Orthodox Jewish former inmate at the New Hampshire State…

Pruell v. Caritas Christi  
Date: July 14, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2262

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a putative class action against a hospital network and senior executives, claiming to represent more than 12,000 employees deprived of compensation for work performed during their meal break, for work…

Adelson v. Hananel  
Date: July 13, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2231

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff, a resident of Nevada, negotiated an oral contract with defendant, a citizen and resident of Israel. Defendant worked for one of plaintiff's companies, a Delaware corporation with offices in Massachusetts and…

Peckler v. Citigroup Global Mkts., Inc.  
Date: July 13, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1124

Justia Opinion Summary: Former employees of defendants participated in the Capital Accumulation Plan, under which they received portions of their earned commissions in the form of Citigroup stock, received at a 25% discount and on a…

Safeguarding the Historic Hanscom Area's Irreplacable Resources, Inc. v. Fed. Aviation Admin.  
Date: July 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1972

Justia Opinion Summary: The FAA issued permits for modernization of the mixed-use Hanscom airport near the historic towns of Lexington and Concord. Opponents raised challenges under the Department of Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. 303(c), the…

US v. Newell
Date: July 11, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1590
United States v. Parisi  
Date: July 11, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1614

Justia Opinion Summary: The former governor and former financial director of the Tribe were convicted for conspiracy to defraud the United States (18 U.S.C. 371), and of violations of 18 U.S.C. 287, 666 and 669, involving misuse of federal…

United States v. Morales-Sanabria  
Date: July 11, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2298

Justia Opinion Summary: A commercial fisherman was convicted on multiple drug trafficking counts and sentenced to 50 years' imprisonment based on three shipments of drugs, two of cocaine and a third of cocaine, heroin, and ecstasy, by boat from…

Berkshire Medical Center, Inc. v. U.W. Marx, Inc., et al
Date: July 11, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1841
Mendez-Aponte v. Commonwealth of P.R.  
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2534

Justia Opinion Summary: The former (2001-2006) Assistant Secretary of State for Protocol Affairs at the Puerto Rico State Department sued the Secretary of State under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that the official fired him due to his political…

Valle-Arce v. P.R. Ports Auth.  
Date: July 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1102

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff claimed that her employer since 1990, the Puerto Rico Ports Authority, violated the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. 12101, when it failed to provide her with reasonable accommodations (flexible…

US v. Holme
Date: July 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1448
Berkshire Med. Ctr., Inc. v. U.W. Marx, Inc.  
Date: July 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1841

Justia Opinion Summary: The hospital engaged a contractor for renovations and expansion. Before occupancy the hospital noted problems with the flooring in operating rooms; the contractor completed some repairs. After the project was complete,…

Frappier v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.  
Date: July 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2193

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff obtained a mortgage in 1999 and refinanced four times over six years, each time pulling out more equity. The last refinancing and a mortgage obtained for a new house, (the first house was for sale), were based…

United States v. Carrero-Hernandez  
Date: July 6, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1252

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was sentenced to 360 months in prison and five years supervised release following conviction for involvement in a scheme to import large quantities of cocaine into Puerto Rico. The First Circuit affirmed.…

United States v. Molignaro  
Date: July 6, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1320

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005, defendant pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography and was sentenced to six months in prison and 36 months of supervised release, subject to conditions. In 2008, the district court tightened the…

South Shore Imported Cars, Inc v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Date: July 5, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1488
Spooner v. EEN, INC.  
Date: July 5, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2393

Justia Opinion Summary: In a suit under the Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. 106, described by the court as the equivalent of hand-to-hand combat, the plaintiff settled with some defendants for $30,000. After trial plaintiff obtained injunctive relief…

United States v. Melendez-Santiago  
Date: June 30, 2011
Docket Number: 08-2394

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, an addict with no prior criminal history, was one of 12 indicted co-conspirators convicted of conspiracy to import five or more kilograms of cocaine and one or more kilograms of heroin, as well as actual…

United States v. Fernandez-Hernandez  
Date: June 30, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1285

Justia Opinion Summary: Three defendants were convicted of conspiracy and drug charges (21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1), 846, 860) stemming from a drug distribution operation in a public housing project and two were convicted of gun charges (21 U.S.C.…

US v. Rosario-Otero
Date: June 30, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1287
US v. Gonzalez-Mendez
Date: June 30, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1299
Ramos-Ramos v. US
Date: June 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2038
ANIMA S.G.R.p.A., et al v. Gozani, et al
Date: June 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1048
ANIMA S.G.R.p.A., et al v. Gozani, et al
Date: June 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1048
Robidoux v. O'Brien
Date: June 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1239
Sivo v. Wall  
Date: June 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1836

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, convicted of first-degree child abuse in Rhode Island state court, was denied habeas corpus by the district court. Petitioner was watching his girlfriend's two-and-one-half-year-old child when the child…

Verizon New England, Inc. v. Int'l Bhd. of Elec.Workers  
Date: June 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2092

Justia Opinion Summary: The company claimed that the union violated a collective bargaining agreement no-strike clause on four occasions in 2008 and 2009 as part of a pattern of behavior undercutting the arbitral process. Specifically, the…

United States v. Salley, III  
Date: June 29, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1720

Justia Opinion Summary: A Maine jury found defendant guilty of possession of a firearm following a conviction of misdemeanor domestic violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(9). The First Circuit affirmed, rejecting a claim of prosecutorial…

Diaz-Bigio v. Santini  
Date: June 29, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2575

Justia Opinion Summary: A medical social worker at the Health Department of San Juan sued the municipality and officials under 42 U.S.C. 1983, alleging that they fired her in retaliation for statements she made on matters of public concern in…

Leavitt v. Correctional Medical Services, Inc.  
Date: June 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1432

Justia Opinion Summary: An inmate of the Maine corrections system, sought a civil rights remedy (42 U.S.C. 1983) for alleged denial of adequate medical care for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by healthcare professionals at a jail and the…

Hernandez-Miranda v. Empresas Diaz Masso, Inc.  
Date: June 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1639

Justia Opinion Summary: A jury awarded plaintiff $300,000 in damages in a Title VII suit alleging intentional discrimination by her former employer. Plaintiff had testified that during her employment as a construction worker, she was forced to…

Robidoux v. O'Brien  
Date: June 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1239

Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted, in Massachusetts state court, of murdering his 11-month-old son and is serving a life sentence. The child's death was attributed to malnutrition; the family followed strict religious dietary…

US v. Nunez-Polanco
Date: June 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1323
US v. Nunez-Polanco
Date: June 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1324
US v. Fulcher
Date: June 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1674
Lamex Foods, Inc. v. Audeliz Lebron, Corp.  
Date: June 27, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1677

Justia Opinion Summary: ALC filed suit against Lamex in commonwealth court under Puerto Rico's Dealers' Contract Act (Law 75), which prohibits a principal from terminating a business relationship with a dealer without just cause. Before service…

House of Flavors, Inc. v. TFG-Michigan, L.P.
Date: June 27, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2086
Grassia v. Piers, et al
Date: June 24, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2046
Gemini Investors Inc. v. Ameripark, Inc.  
Date: June 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1312

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant is a valet parking business and executed a letter of intent to buy a competing company for $16 millions. An outline of a financing agreement under negotiation with a private equity group contained exclusivity…

In re: Bank of New England Corp.  
Date: June 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1456

Justia Opinion Summary: Following a remand from the First Circuit, the bankruptcy court approved the Chapter 7 trustee's decision to give priority to holders of senior unsecured debt with respect to principal and pre-petition interest. The…

House of Flavors, Inc. v. TFG-Michigan, L.P.  
Date: June 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2086

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff financed an ice cream hardening system. The lender held title and leased the equipment to plaintiff, but refused to set an end-of-lease purchase price. The final agreement did not refer to an estimate in a side…

US v. McGhee
Date: June 22, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1322
United States v. McGhee  
Date: June 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1737

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of drug crimes committed and determined to be a career offender under U.S.S.G. 4B1.1, based in part on a state youthful offender adjudication. The Third Circuit affirmed in 2010. On rehearing, the…

Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. Northeastern Land Servs., Ltd.  
Date: June 22, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2156

Justia Opinion Summary: The employee of a firm that provides temporary workers signed a confidentiality agreement. After disputes about delays in compensation and reimbursement, he approached the employer's client (for whom he had been working)…

San Geronimo Caribe Project, Inc. v. Acevedo Vila  
Date: June 17, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2566

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2000 the planning board approved a development and the developer began purchasing land. In 2002, the Department of Justice issued an opinion that the land could be sold without legislative action, although it was…

Ocasio-Hernandez, et al v. Fortuno-Burset, et al
Date: June 15, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2207
L.S. Starrett Co. v. Fed. Energy Regulatory Comm'n  
Date: June 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1470

Justia Opinion Summary: After a generator failed, plaintiff ordered a replacement, believing that no permit was required for changes to its hydroelectric power facility, which is located on plaintiff's property on a non-navigable Massachusetts…

O'Neil, et al v. Electrolux Home Products, Inc., et al
Date: June 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2139
TMTV, Corp. v. MASS Productions MASS, Product, et al
Date: June 13, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1439
TMTV Corp. v. Mass Prod., Inc.  
Date: June 13, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1956

Justia Opinion Summary: The star of a television show left his position with the plaintiff television station for a different television station, where he worked on a television show with the same characters and setting as a show he had worked…

US v. Vazquez-Castro
Date: June 13, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2109
Hannon v. Beard
Date: June 13, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1792
LBM Financial, LLC v. Shamus Holdings, LLC  
Date: June 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2216

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2003 the owner executed a second mortgage with a stated term of four months, in favor of defendant to secure performance of a guaranty. The owner later executed a separate mortgage and defaulted. The lender foreclosed…

United States v. Crespo-Rios  
Date: June 8, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2252

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant had sexually explicit online conversations with an officer posing as a 12-year old girl. Agents obtained a warrant to search his residence for evidence of violation of 18 U.S.C. 1470 (transfer of obscene…

Downing/Salt Pond Partners v. State of RI and Providence, et al
Date: June 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1484
Hannon v. Beard  
Date: June 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1792

Justia Opinion Summary: The inmate, convicted in 1978 of murder, gained a reputation as a "jail house lawyer" while serving his life sentence and acquired a number of "separations," a term used to indicate a conflict counseling against…

United States v. Witham  
Date: June 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1814

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant, part of a conspiracy that stole and re-sold computer parts and memory, pled guilty and was sentenced to 33 months in prison plus 36 months of supervised release and ordered to pay to the victim, jointly…

US v. Thompson
Date: June 3, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1946
US v. Rios-Hernandez
Date: June 2, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2545
United States v. Rios-Hernandez  
Date: June 2, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2546

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant entered a plea of guilty to charges of taking a motor vehicle, by force and with intent to cause death or serious bodily harm, (18 U.S.C. 2119) in exchange for an agreement that the prosecutor recommend…

Mlodzinski v. Lewis  
Date: June 2, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1966

Justia Opinion Summary: Police obtained warrants, believing that the suspect had beaten a victim with a nightstick, went to the apartment before dawn, broke down the door, and promptly removed the suspect. The suspect's 15-year-old sister…

Mlodzinski, et al v. Cormier, et al
Date: June 2, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1967
Brown v. Blackstone Medical, Inc  
Date: June 1, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1505

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff brought action under the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. 3729, claiming that the company used a kickback scheme and knowingly caused submission of false Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE claims by hospitals and…

Industrial Communications and, et al v. Slade
Date: May 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1738
United States v. Douglas  
Date: May 31, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2341

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009, defendant engaged in sales of cocaine base to an undercover agent in Maine. In January 2010 he entered a plea of guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams…

United States v. McGregor  
Date: May 27, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2650

Justia Opinion Summary: After gang-member shooting victims were taken to the hospital, police officers watching the emergency room entrance, observed the defendant and another known gang member leaving. They followed and pulled over the…

Laboy v. Doral Mortgage Corp.  
Date: May 27, 2011
Docket Number: 09-9022

Justia Opinion Summary: While the recording of the deed to mortgaged property was in "limbo" because of a defect, the borrowers declared bankruptcy, resulting in a stay under 11 U.S.C. 362. The lender nonetheless presented a corrected deed for…

Voice of the Arab World, Inc. v. MDTV Medical News Now, Inc.  
Date: May 27, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1396

Justia Opinion Summary: The parties agree that defendant has used the mark continuously since 1998, Plaintiff claims, and defendant disputes, use since 1989. The defendant applied for registration of the mark in 1998 and the USPTO issued…

Nunez-Colon v. Toledo-Davila  
Date: May 26, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1784

Justia Opinion Summary: After a drug search, plaintiff, a 12-year veteran of the police force, notified his supervisor that he had $600 that had been found in the house. He followed instructions and returned the money to its owner. He was…

United States v. Bryant  
Date: May 26, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2500

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was charged with sales of crack cocaine in 2006. The pre-sentence report classified him as a career offender and he was sentenced to 90 months incarceration. The Third Circuit held that a 1997 Massachusetts…

United States v. Commonwealth of P.R.  
Date: May 26, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1758

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1994 the federal government filed suit to remedy conditions in Puerto Rican juvenile detention facilities. The court approved a settlement in 1997. A 2007 order terminated some conditions and modified and retained…

International Floor Crafts, In v. Dziemit, et al
Date: May 25, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1555
International Floor Crafts v. Dziemit, et al
Date: May 25, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1556
International Floor Crafts v. Dziemit, et al
Date: May 25, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2349
Crispin-Taveras v. Municipality of Carolina, et al
Date: May 25, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2625
Crispin-Taveras v. Peraza-Delgado  
Date: May 25, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2626

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiff, a U.S. Marine, claims that he was injured by police who were ejecting a fan during a baseball game. Criminal charges brought against the plaintiff for his involvement in the incident were dismissed and he…

Aponte-Rivera v. DHL Solutions (USA), Inc.  
Date: May 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1655

Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff sued her former employer for gender-based discrimination and hostile work environment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. 2000e, and Puerto Rico law. A jury awarded damages for…

United States v. Stevens  
Date: May 23, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2024

Justia Opinion Summary: Upon release from incarceration, the defendant was notified of the requirement that he register as a sex offender. Although he initially complied, he was twice convicted of failure to register under Rhode Island law. In…

Dehonzai v. Holder  
Date: May 23, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2071

Justia Opinion Summary: The petitioner entered the United States without authorization from the Ivory Coast in 2000, leaving his family behind. His application for asylum, based on two incidents of arrest and detention, was denied, and he was…

Ramos v. Flynn  
Date: May 23, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2179

Justia Opinion Summary: The doctor administered a standard withdrawal protocol for the plaintiff, a heroin addict, while he was in pre-trial detention. The district court rejected plaintiff's claims under 42 U.S.C. 1983, based on his suffering…

Downing/Salt Pond Partners, L.P. v. RI and Providence Plantations  
Date: May 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1484

Justia Opinion Summary: Pursuant to a permit issued by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC), the developer built 26 of 79 planned homes and installed infrastructure between 1992 and 2007. The Rhode Island Historic…

Lopera, et al v. Town of Coventry, et al
Date: May 20, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2386
DiFiore v. American Airlines, Inc.  
Date: May 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1108

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005 American Airlines began charging passengers a fee of $2 for each bag checked with porters providing curbside service (skycaps) at Logan Airport. Gratuities fell significantly, despite the posting of signs…

DiFiore, et al v. American Airlines, Inc., et al
Date: May 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1167
DiFiore, et al v. American Airlines, Inc.
Date: May 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1264
Battista v. Clarke  
Date: May 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1965

Justia Opinion Summary: In 1983 defendant was convicted of rape of a child, robbery, and kidnapping. After release from prison, he was involuntarily committed in 2003 in a civil proceeding, Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 123A, 14, to the Massachusetts…

Coningford v. State of RI  
Date: May 19, 2011
Docket Number: 08-2219

Justia Opinion Summary: In the defendant's trial for second-degree child molestation, the state trial court admitted evidence that the defendant had molested two other young men. The court found that the prior bad acts were sufficiently similar…

Indus. Commc'n v. Slade  
Date: May 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1738

Justia Opinion Summary: Three providers of wireless service filed suit under the Telecommunications Act, 47 U.S.C. 332(c), after the town denied one provider a variance for a telecommunications tower. The suit is still pending, but the town…

United States v. Reynolds  
Date: May 17, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2504

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant, convicted of knowingly possessing firearms after having been committed to a mental institution (18 U.S.C. 922(g)) and knowingly possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number (18 U.S.C. 922(k)), was…

US, et al v. Coalition For Buzzards Bay, et al
Date: May 17, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1664
United States v. Coal. for Buzzards Bay  
Date: May 17, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1668

Justia Opinion Summary: After a 2003 oil spill, Massachusetts enacted an Oil Spill Prevention Act (MOSPA), which the federal government challenged as preempted by the Ports and Waterways Safety Act (33 U.S.C. 1221-1232 and parts of 46 U.S.C.)…

US v. Meises
Date: May 13, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2235
United States v. Reyes-Guerrero  
Date: May 13, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2239

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendants, arrested in a reverse sting operation after they drove to a sham drug deal in a vehicle containing $100,000 in cash, were each convicted of a single drug conspiracy count. The First Circuit vacated and…

Cynosure, Inc. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.  
Date: May 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1119

Justia Opinion Summary: The company is being sued for sending commercial fax messages without consent from the recipients in violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. 227(b). Its insurers deny that coverage for "making known…

Pheng v. Holder  
Date: May 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1627

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2000, the petitioner attempted to enter the United States on a false passport, refused to reveal her true identity, and stated that she had no fear of returning to Cambodia. In 2002 she entered on a six-month visitor…

US v. Massaro
Date: May 11, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1015
US v. McKeen
Date: May 11, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1747
US v. Pickering
Date: May 11, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1912
US v. D'Andrea
Date: May 10, 2011
Docket Number: 08-2455
United States v. D'Andrea  
Date: May 10, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1018

Justia Opinion Summary: After a tip led them to a website containing the male defendant's phone number and pornographic pictures of the female defendant's eight-year-old daughter, the police obtained a warrant and searched the woman's home.…

US v. Goncalve
Date: May 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1367
United States v. Carlson  
Date: May 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1370

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant was convicted under the Child Support Recovery Act, 18 U.S.C. 228. The First Circuit upheld a jury instruction that he could be found guilty if the jury concluded beyond a reasonable doubt that he was able…

United States v. Adam  
Date: May 9, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1588

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant pled guilty to being a felon-in-possession, (18 U.S.C. 922), and was sentenced on April 14, 2010, to 110 months imprisonment. On April 7, 2010, the U.S. Sentencing Commission had voted to eliminate the use…

Soto-Fonalledas v. Ritz-Carlton San Juan Hotel Spa & Casino  
Date: May 4, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1638

Justia Opinion Summary: The employee claimed sex and disability discrimination and retaliation in violation of 42 U.S.C. 2000e. The district court granted the employer's motion to compel arbitration. The First Circuit affirmed. The company…

United States v. Booker  
Date: May 2, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1810

Justia Opinion Summary: Defendants were convicted under 18 U.S.C. 922(g), a law that prohibits individuals convicted of a "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence" from possessing, shipping, or receiving firearms, based on prior misdemeanor…

Brait Builders Corporation v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts  
Date: May 2, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2502

Justia Opinion Summary: The contractor first obtained a certificate required to bid on public construction projects in 1994. In 2008, after the company was declared the lowest bidder on a school project, the state agency received information…

United States v. Matthews  
Date: April 29, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2258

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant was convicted as a felon in possession of a firearm. The district court applied an armed career criminal (ACCA) enhancement based on three prior convictions, including a conviction as a juvenile, to arrive…

US v. Matthews
Date: April 29, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2261
Gaskins v. Duval
Date: April 29, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2322
United States v. Pol-Flores  
Date: April 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1230

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant referred two investors to a friend who invested their money in a company of which the defendant and his friend were directors. They were defrauded of their entire $290,000 investment. The defendant received…

United States v. Goncalve  
Date: April 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1367

Justia Opinion Summary: After receiving information from an informant, conducting a controlled drug buy, and surveillance of the defendant, officers obtained warrants to search a house, an apartment, and the defendant's person. The defendant…

Unite Here Local 217 v. Sage Hospitality Resources  
Date: April 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1667

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2003 the hotel and the union entered into an agreement in anticipation of renovation of a dilapidated structure into the Renaissance Providence Hotel. The agreement allowed the union to organize hotel employees and…

Diaz Ruano v. Holder
Date: April 29, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1876
Berrios-Romero v. Estado Libre Asociado de PR  
Date: April 27, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1442

Justia Opinion Summary: The inmate, convicted of second-degree murder in 1993 and violation of a domestic relations restraining order in 2010, filed suit under 42 U.S.C. 1983, based on a decision that he was ineligible for a pre-parole…

Santiago-Sepulveda v. Esso Std. Oil Co., Inc.  
Date: April 26, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2312

Justia Opinion Summary: Franchisees, operating gas stations in Puerto Rico, alleged violations of the Petroleum Marketing Practices Act (PMPA), 15 U.S.C. 2801, based on the Esso's plan to leave the market and terminate their contracts. Esso…

Fonseca-Marrero, et al v. Esso Standard Oil Company
Date: April 26, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2313
Gierbolini, et al v. Esso Standard Oil Company, et al
Date: April 26, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2330
Likely v. Ruane  
Date: April 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1262

Justia Opinion Summary: After Massachusetts rejected the petitioner's appeals from his conviction on charges relating to distribution of cocaine, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, holding that chemical analysts were…

Guzman-Rivera v. Lucena-Zabala  
Date: April 22, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2175

Justia Opinion Summary: The Puerto Rico Examining Board of Accountants required a CPA to submit to involuntary practice review and denied a requested postponement. The CPA failed to appear at a hearing. The Board did not respond to a request to…

Int'l Floor Crafts, Inc. v. Dziemit  
Date: April 21, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1555

Justia Opinion Summary: The company filed civil claims under Massachusetts state laws and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. 1961 after discovering a scheme under which its employees and outsiders duped it…

International Floor Crafts v. Dziemit, et al
Date: April 21, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1556
International Floor Crafts v. Dziemit, et al
Date: April 21, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2349
Gaskins v. Duval
Date: April 21, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2322
Fuller v. Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust  
Date: April 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1642

Justia Opinion Summary: Homeowners fell behind on their mortgage and the bank initiated foreclosure. The homeowners filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy. The judge denied their motion for rescission of the mortgage and for damages, based on…

Thunberg v. Wallick  
Date: April 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1705

Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009 the bankruptcy court revoked a 2000 Chapter 7 discharge, finding fraud with respect to a 1997 divorce settlement. The district court and First Circuit affirmed. While the debtor "largely avoided explicit false…

Latin Am. Music Co. v. Am. Soc'y of Composers, Authors, and Publishers  
Date: April 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1780

Justia Opinion Summary: After successfully defending an appeal from a verdict that it had not infringed a song copyright, ASCAP obtained an award of about $62,000 in attorney fees. The First Circuit affirmed. The song copyright was timely…

Foote v. Town of Bedford  
Date: April 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2094

Justia Opinion Summary: After the plaintiff publicly criticized town council policies, the council denied him reappointment to an unpaid advisory commission concerned with recreational facilities. The district court rejected his 42 U.S.C. 1983…

D&H Therapy Assocs., LLC v. Boston Mut. Life Ins.  
Date: April 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1423

Justia Opinion Summary: The company purchased a disability benefits plan, regulated by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act. A part-owner and employee of the company received benefits for about four years before the insurer terminated…

D&H Therapy Associates, LLC v. Boston Mutual Life Insurance
Date: April 20, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1494
Hunt v. Golden Rule Ins. Co.  
Date: April 19, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2065

Justia Opinion Summary: The insured was treated as an outpatient for "mental or nervous disorder" in 2005-2007, allegedly incurring expenses of more than $125,000. In 2006 the company informed her that it had already paid $8,506 and would pay…

Barros-Villahermosa v. United States  
Date: April 15, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2614

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiff, employed by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, was observed taking a security pass from a car. He shredded the pass, without reporting to his superiors. The Puerto Rico Police Department arrested, charged,…

US v. Bayard
Date: April 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1112
United States v. Bayard  
Date: April 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2260

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant was convicted of use of an unauthorized access device, 18 U.S.C. 1029(a)and aggravated identity theft, 18 U.S.C. 1028A. The First Circuit affirmed. Evidence of the defendant's use of another credit card…

Soto v. State Indus. Prod., Inc.  
Date: April 15, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1626

Justia Opinion Summary: The employee's complaint under the Americans with Disabilities Act was dismissed. The First Circuit affirmed, holding that the employee was required to submit to alternative dispute resolution. After examining Puerto…

Young v. Wall  
Date: April 14, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1862

Justia Opinion Summary: Rhode Island discontinued its practice of pooling funds from inmate accounts for investment and paying inmates interest on their accounts. The district court rejected claims of taking and due process violations. The…

United States v. Gomes  
Date: April 13, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1527

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine base and distribution within 1,000 feet of a school and/or aiding and abetting the distribution. The First Circuit affirmed. The prosecution did not engage…

US v. Curet
Date: April 13, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1176
Milward, et al v. Acuity Specialty Products, et al
Date: April 13, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2270
Gaskins v. Duval  
Date: April 13, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2322

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant was convicted of first-degree murder in Massachusetts in 1992. The state supreme court affirmed in 1995 and, in 1999, denied appeal from denial of a motion for a new trial. The federal district court…

United States v. Dancy  
Date: April 13, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2628

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant was convicted as a felon in possession of a firearm and sentenced to 15 years under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. 924. The First Circuit affirmed, upholding the district court's admission…

Atkins v. Clarke  
Date: April 13, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1870

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant, convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm, was denied a new trial by a Massachusetts state court, which rejected a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. The court considered the record,…

Rodriguez v. Senor Frog's de la Isla, Inc.  
Date: April 12, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2548

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiff was awarded $450,000 for injuries suffered when she was hit by a car registered to the company, driven by an intoxicated individual. The First Circuit affirmed, first holding that the court had diversity…

United States v. Janosko  
Date: April 12, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1046

Justia Opinion Summary: While the defendant was incarcerated he was allowed to use a computer for legal research, but was able to circumvent restrictions and gain access to the facility's personnel files. After pleading guilty under 18 U.S.C.…

United States v. Hughes  
Date: April 8, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1646

Justia Opinion Summary: After a 15-year-old told a detective that defendant had nude pictures of her, officers visited the defendant's home, intending to take him to a medical facility. A doctor had previously notified the sheriff that the…

Ramos-Cruz, v. Centro Medico del Turabo, Inc., l  
Date: April 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1203

Justia Opinion Summary: The plaintiffs took their son, suffering abdominal pain, to the hospital. Because the hospital did not have a gastroenterologist, it transferred the boy, who later died. The district court granted summary judgment for…

Elgin v. U.S. Dept of Treasury  
Date: April 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1302

Justia Opinion Summary: The district court rejected a challenge to 5 U.S.C. 3328, which bars males who have knowingly and willfully failed to register for the draft by age 26 from employment by the executive branch. The First Circuit vacated…

Robidoux v. Muholland  
Date: April 8, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2031

Justia Opinion Summary: The worker is a Massachusetts resident, whose services were obtained through a temporary labor firm's offices in Massachusetts, and was injured while working for a construction company at the Newport Naval Station. The…

United States v. Vazquez-Castro  
Date: April 7, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2109

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant, a passenger in a car used to deliver drugs to an undercover officer, was sentenced to a total of 180 months for conspiracy to possess and deliver, possession with intent to deliver cocaine, and possessing…

Case Under Seal
Date: April 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2005
United States v. Small  
Date: April 6, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2292

Justia Opinion Summary: While on probation for a state law violation, the defendant was told by his probation officer that he could go hunting with his 10-year-old son but could not possess a gun. Game wardens, knowing that the defendant was a…

United States v. Pires  
Date: April 6, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1062

Justia Opinion Summary: An FBI agent searched a file-sharing site, found child pornography traceable to the defendant's IP address, and searched the defendant's computer. The agents found pornography on the computer and the defendant admitted…

Case Under Seal  
Date: April 4, 2011
Docket Number: 10-2005

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendant, serving a sentence in state prison, was ordered to testify in federal court under a grant of immunity. He refused, a civil contempt order issued, and he was placed in federal prison. The district court…

Ocasio-Hernandez, et al v. Fortuno-Burset, et al  
Date: April 1, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2207

Justia Opinion Summary: Maintenance and domestic workers claim that they were terminated from positions at the Puerto Rico governor's mansion for participation in the 2008 gubernatorial election. The district court dismissed. The First Circuit…

United States v. Alverio-Melendez  
Date: April 1, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2269

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendants appealed convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and aiding and abetting in the possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The First Circuit…

United States v. Gomez-Ortiz  
Date: April 1, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2277

Justia Opinion Summary: The defendants appealed convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and aiding and abetting in the possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The First Circuit…

Watchtower Bible, et al v. Segardia de Jesus, et al
Date: April 1, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2273
Lopera v. Town of Coventry  
Date: April 1, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2386

Justia Opinion Summary: After a heated 2006 soccer game, the police searched all members of the mostly-Hispanic visiting team beside their bus, looking for items missing from the predominantly-white home team's locker room. The coach consented…

Rios-Colon v. Toledo, et al  
Date: March 30, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2296

Justia Opinion Summary: A black police officer, assigned to the drug prevention division of the Puerto Rico police department, was reassigned to a less-desirable position after a lieutenant made racial slurs and statements that she did not want…

Dialysis Access Center, LLC, et al v. RMS Lifeline, Inc.  
Date: March 30, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1872

Justia Opinion Summary: The companies entered into an agreement for management of a health care business in Puerto Rico. The contract included a provision that it would be governed by the law of Puerto Rico and an arbitration clause. In 2010…

US v. Werra
Date: March 29, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1593
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Sebelius, et al
Date: March 29, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2392
Jewett v. Brady
Date: March 29, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2486
Castaneda Castillo, et al v. Holder, Jr.
Date: March 24, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1847
Decotiis v. Whittemore, et al
Date: March 24, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1242
FleetBoston Financial Corporat, et al v. Alt, et al
Date: March 23, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1035
US v. Werra
Date: March 22, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1593
Milward, et al v. Acuity Specialty Products, et al
Date: March 22, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2270
Wilson v. Moulison North Corporation, et al
Date: March 21, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1387
ANIMA S.G.R.p.A., et al v. Gozani, et al
Date: March 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1048
Yacovi v. Rubin & Rudman, et al
Date: March 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1673
US v. Cole
Date: March 17, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1202
US v. Villar
Date: March 17, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1789
Firstbank Puerto Rico, Inc. v. La Vida Merger Sub, Inc., et al
Date: March 16, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1585
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Sebelius, et al
Date: March 11, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2392
Tropigas de Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyds
Date: March 11, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1122
Jewett v. Brady
Date: March 10, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2486
Miles v. Great Northern Insurance
Date: March 10, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1063
Miles v. Great Northern Insurance
Date: March 10, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1064
Libertarian Party of NH, et al v. Gardner
Date: March 10, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1360
McInnis, Sr., et al v. State of Maine, et al
Date: March 10, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1437
US v. Cardales-Luna
Date: March 7, 2011
Docket Number: 08-1028
Ramos-Martinez v. US
Date: March 7, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1856
McInnis, Sr., et al v. State of Maine, et al
Date: March 7, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1437
Baltodano v. Merck Sharp & Dohme (I.A.) Cor, et al
Date: March 3, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2027
US v. Battle
Date: March 3, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1058
Vasquez v. Holder, Jr.
Date: February 28, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2673
Erlich v. Ouellette, LaBonte, Roberge, et al
Date: February 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1160
US v. Rivera-Lebron
Date: February 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1165
Moore v. Williams College
Date: February 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1337
Moore v. Williams College
Date: February 28, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1501
Huffington v. T.C. Group, LLC, et al
Date: February 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1405
US v. Madera-Ortiz
Date: February 25, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1474
PR Telephone Company, et al v. Rivera, et al
Date: February 24, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2316
Libertarian Party of NH, et al v. Gardner
Date: February 24, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1360
Shuman v. Spencer
Date: February 23, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2459
Rodriguez-Diaz, et al v. Seguros Triple-S, Inc., et al
Date: February 23, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2528
The Estate of Agripino Montane, et al v. Hospital Metropolitano, et al
Date: February 23, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2065
Estate Of Ruben Corales Felici, et al v. Ruiz-Cordero, et al
Date: February 23, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2015
Estate Of Ruben Corales Felici, et al v. Romero-Santiago, et al
Date: February 23, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2014
PRAICO, et al v. Rivera-Vazquez, et al
Date: February 23, 2011
Docket Number: 08-2274
PRAICO, et al v. Rivera-Vazquez, et al
Date: February 23, 2011
Docket Number: 08-2012
Zoraida Montalvo v. Carlos Gonzalez-Amparo, et al
Date: February 23, 2011
Docket Number: 08-1405
Esquilin-Mendoza, et al v. Don King Productions, Inc.
Date: February 18, 2011
Docket Number: 09-1943
Igartua, et al v. US, et al
Date: February 18, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2186
White, et al v. R. M. Packer Company, Inc., et al
Date: February 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1130
Artuso v. Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Date: February 18, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1798
Hutchinson, et al v. Patrick, et al
Date: February 17, 2011
Docket Number: 10-1268
US v. Southern Union Company
Date: February 16, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2403
US v. Thomas
Date: February 16, 2011
Docket Number: 09-2581

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